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I have received many wonderful comments from fans around the world, so I would like to share a small behind-the-scenes story for overseas fans, especially those in Europe. Back then, we were also affected by the PAL television standard. Simply put, PAL used a different refresh rate, which meant that games ran more slowly in Europe. It was almost like the game was constantly running in slowdown. In numbers, games were normally designed to advance one frame every 1/60 of a second, while in Europe it was one frame every 1/50 of a second. This made the game noticeably slower. However, the hardware had more time to process each frame, so in some heavy scenes, the difference was not so noticeable. In some cases, we even adjusted the difficulty of specific parts of the game because of this. It was a difficult time. We were making the same game on the same planet, but differences in television standards could change its difficulty. Today, this problem is basically gone. But back then, we worked hard so that people around the world could enjoy our games at the same level of difficulty. This brings back many memories. -- 世界中のファンの方から嬉しいコメントを頂いたので、海外の方向け・主に欧州の方への裏話を少しだけ 当時は PAL規格というテレビの映像信号方式へ僕らも影響をうけました 端的に言えば、映像信号への同期速度が異なるので、欧州では「ゲームが遅くなる」という制約がありました 言ってみれば、常時処理落ちしている様な状態です 数値にすると、60分の1秒でフレームが進むゲームを標準としているなかで、欧州は50分の1秒に。体感出来るほど遅くなりますが、処理落ちまでの余力が増えるので、シーンによっては差を感じられない場面もありました 場合によっては、ゲームの一部分でその難易度を局所的に調整した程でした 同じ地球の中で、同じゲームを作っているのに、テレビの仕様により難易度が変わる難しい時代でした 現代では完全に解消されている仕様ではありますが、当時、世界中で、同じ難易度で自分のゲームを楽しんで貰える様、工夫したものでした なつかしい話です